Risk perception and commitment to reduce global climate change in
... Humans have been exposed to many threats throughout history: epidemic illnesses, world wars, terrorist attacks, and environmental catastrophes. Human’s survival instinct forces people to evaluate circumstances and make decisions when faced with risks. Many different factors determine the resulting c ...
... Humans have been exposed to many threats throughout history: epidemic illnesses, world wars, terrorist attacks, and environmental catastrophes. Human’s survival instinct forces people to evaluate circumstances and make decisions when faced with risks. Many different factors determine the resulting c ...
Author`s personal copy - Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung
... society (Klein et al. 2005), we focus on land and water resources and in particular the three sectors forestry, agriculture, and water management as well as on nature conservation, which takes place in all the aforementioned sectors. We do not explicitly consider adaptation of infrastructure, the tr ...
... society (Klein et al. 2005), we focus on land and water resources and in particular the three sectors forestry, agriculture, and water management as well as on nature conservation, which takes place in all the aforementioned sectors. We do not explicitly consider adaptation of infrastructure, the tr ...
Briefing report
... Projections; the result of seven years of work by the Met Office Hadley Centre, UK Climate Impacts Programme and a body of over thirty contributing organisations. For the first time, the Projections use a peer-reviewed, cutting edge methodology to give a measure of the uncertainty in the range of po ...
... Projections; the result of seven years of work by the Met Office Hadley Centre, UK Climate Impacts Programme and a body of over thirty contributing organisations. For the first time, the Projections use a peer-reviewed, cutting edge methodology to give a measure of the uncertainty in the range of po ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... EU Member State Risk Assessment and Guidelines for Disaster Management In 2010 the EC issued a “Staff Working Paper on Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management”. The main aim of the guidelines is to provide coherency across risk assessments and facilitate their undertaking at ...
... EU Member State Risk Assessment and Guidelines for Disaster Management In 2010 the EC issued a “Staff Working Paper on Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management”. The main aim of the guidelines is to provide coherency across risk assessments and facilitate their undertaking at ...
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ... LIVELIHOODS OF KURESOI DISTRICT COMMUNITY, NAKURU COUNTY KENYA
... major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment warming effect occurring over the last 50 years is likely to have been caused by human activities. The objectives of this study were: to determine how adaptations as a clima ...
... major challenge on livelihoods among communities living along Mau forest at Kuresoi district in Kenya. Most of the environment warming effect occurring over the last 50 years is likely to have been caused by human activities. The objectives of this study were: to determine how adaptations as a clima ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... For the continuous variables (e.g., Rx1day, TXx[N]d and their scalings) linear trends are computed using the robust method by Theil-Sen, and the trend significance is determined by the nonparametric Mann-Kendall trend test [Yue and Pilon, 2002]. For the count variables (e.g., #R99e, TX[P]p and their ...
... For the continuous variables (e.g., Rx1day, TXx[N]d and their scalings) linear trends are computed using the robust method by Theil-Sen, and the trend significance is determined by the nonparametric Mann-Kendall trend test [Yue and Pilon, 2002]. For the count variables (e.g., #R99e, TX[P]p and their ...
rapid evolution in the face of climate change
... 1. (3-5 MINUTES) Verbally review the content from the homework reading the previous night, answering questions and making clarifications as necessary. a. The BIG ideas for the students to come away with from the background reading are i. Climate change due to global warming has resulted in extreme ...
... 1. (3-5 MINUTES) Verbally review the content from the homework reading the previous night, answering questions and making clarifications as necessary. a. The BIG ideas for the students to come away with from the background reading are i. Climate change due to global warming has resulted in extreme ...
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... meetings that took place in the Ministries of Agriculture of Malawi, Vietnam, and Zambia during the first half of 2012. The document was prepared as a technical input for the Hanoi Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, to be held 3 to 7 September 2012. ...
... meetings that took place in the Ministries of Agriculture of Malawi, Vietnam, and Zambia during the first half of 2012. The document was prepared as a technical input for the Hanoi Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, to be held 3 to 7 September 2012. ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... Local climate adaptation efforts tend to emphasize one of three goals: accommodating, protecting, or retreating. For instance, managing the impacts of sea level rise include accommodation strategies such as beach nourishment, the installation of protective structures such as groins and seawalls, and ...
... Local climate adaptation efforts tend to emphasize one of three goals: accommodating, protecting, or retreating. For instance, managing the impacts of sea level rise include accommodation strategies such as beach nourishment, the installation of protective structures such as groins and seawalls, and ...
Simulating Future Wheat Yields` Response to Climate Change and
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
European cities adapt to climate change
... discussed in scientific circles, the cities did not see scientific uncertainty as an important factor stopping them from implementing climate adaptation; the understanding ...
... discussed in scientific circles, the cities did not see scientific uncertainty as an important factor stopping them from implementing climate adaptation; the understanding ...
Climate Change Scenarios + cov.
... aspects of Article 4 of the UNFCCC. Whilst projections from RCMs are undoubtedly very powerful aids to planning and adaptation, uncritical use of their output could lead to misinterpretation, and it is important that prospective users understand the limitations of all methods for generating climate ...
... aspects of Article 4 of the UNFCCC. Whilst projections from RCMs are undoubtedly very powerful aids to planning and adaptation, uncritical use of their output could lead to misinterpretation, and it is important that prospective users understand the limitations of all methods for generating climate ...
How much risk ought we to take? Exploring the possibilities of
... actions are laden with risks and uncertainties (Norcross, 1999; Lenman, 2000). While it is true that factors such as risk and uncertainty present a major challenge for correctly assessing the deontic status of actions, it is highly questionable whether consequentialism as such should be dismissed o ...
... actions are laden with risks and uncertainties (Norcross, 1999; Lenman, 2000). While it is true that factors such as risk and uncertainty present a major challenge for correctly assessing the deontic status of actions, it is highly questionable whether consequentialism as such should be dismissed o ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming
... A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to environmental change depends on the species’ exposure and sensitivity to environmental change, its resilience to perturbations and its potential to adapt to change. These vulnerability criteria require behavio ...
... A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to environmental change depends on the species’ exposure and sensitivity to environmental change, its resilience to perturbations and its potential to adapt to change. These vulnerability criteria require behavio ...
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... The Center for the Study of Public Science and Public Policy at the Cato Institute is pleased to transmit to you a major revision of the report, “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States”. The original document served as the principal source of information regarding the climate of the US f ...
... The Center for the Study of Public Science and Public Policy at the Cato Institute is pleased to transmit to you a major revision of the report, “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States”. The original document served as the principal source of information regarding the climate of the US f ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
... An increasing number of countries regard climate change as a security threat. Largely at the urging of the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United Nations (UN) Security Council held its first debate on the impact of climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Secu ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of
... A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to environmental change depends on the species’ exposure and sensitivity to environmental change, its resilience to perturbations and its potential to adapt to change. These vulnerability criteria require behavio ...
... A recently developed integrative framework proposes that the vulnerability of a species to environmental change depends on the species’ exposure and sensitivity to environmental change, its resilience to perturbations and its potential to adapt to change. These vulnerability criteria require behavio ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... climate system in three dimensions, including the hydrological cycle. These are complemented by recently developed Earth system models, which are enhanced GCMs that also represent chemical and biological processes including atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle. A climate feedback is a process ...
... climate system in three dimensions, including the hydrological cycle. These are complemented by recently developed Earth system models, which are enhanced GCMs that also represent chemical and biological processes including atmospheric chemistry and the carbon cycle. A climate feedback is a process ...
GLACIERS MELTING IN CENTRAL ASIA:
... representatives of Central Asian states, Afghanistan and international organisations as well as scientists and international experts. The seminar at that time was also made possible through the financial support of the US Government. Conclusions of the Almaty seminar were: Global warming and climate ...
... representatives of Central Asian states, Afghanistan and international organisations as well as scientists and international experts. The seminar at that time was also made possible through the financial support of the US Government. Conclusions of the Almaty seminar were: Global warming and climate ...
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... ALMANAC model is more applicable (Gao & ie, 2003; Liu Gang et al., 2008). Based on experimental data, Gao and Xie (2003) showed that the model error of winter wheat in North China by the ALMANAC model is only 5.41%. In the present study, we used the ALMANAC model to estimate the yield of winter whea ...
... ALMANAC model is more applicable (Gao & ie, 2003; Liu Gang et al., 2008). Based on experimental data, Gao and Xie (2003) showed that the model error of winter wheat in North China by the ALMANAC model is only 5.41%. In the present study, we used the ALMANAC model to estimate the yield of winter whea ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... and climate security concerns were incorporated in to the 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), a State Department planning document. 27 In May 2015, President Obama pulled these threads together in a 2015 commencement speech at the US Coast Guard academy. 28 Subsequent speeches ...
... and climate security concerns were incorporated in to the 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), a State Department planning document. 27 In May 2015, President Obama pulled these threads together in a 2015 commencement speech at the US Coast Guard academy. 28 Subsequent speeches ...
Global and regional drought dynamics in the climate warming era
... 6. Drought trends in the warmest decade A few unusual droughts have already occurred during the warmest period after 2000. They covered large area, were long, severe and frequent and had enormous impacts on economy, environment and human lives. These exact drought features have already been emphasiz ...
... 6. Drought trends in the warmest decade A few unusual droughts have already occurred during the warmest period after 2000. They covered large area, were long, severe and frequent and had enormous impacts on economy, environment and human lives. These exact drought features have already been emphasiz ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... barriers to adaptation primarily through market failures. Externalities, information asymmetries, and public goods problems hinder efficient adaptation (Mendelsohn 2000, Stern 2007). In these cases, government intervention is justified to enable actors to make timely, informed, and efficient adaptat ...
... barriers to adaptation primarily through market failures. Externalities, information asymmetries, and public goods problems hinder efficient adaptation (Mendelsohn 2000, Stern 2007). In these cases, government intervention is justified to enable actors to make timely, informed, and efficient adaptat ...
Communication for Climate Change Multi
... IMAX’s Power of Film to Effect Change (March 2016) ............................................................ 87 Digital Media Zone at UN High-level Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement (April 2016) .... 87 Panel Discussion “Media as a Force for Change” at the United Nations (April 2016 ...
... IMAX’s Power of Film to Effect Change (March 2016) ............................................................ 87 Digital Media Zone at UN High-level Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement (April 2016) .... 87 Panel Discussion “Media as a Force for Change” at the United Nations (April 2016 ...
Annals of the Association of American Geographers Climate
... Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 ...
... Karakoram, Pakistan', Annals of the Association of American Geographers,, First published on: 19 August 2010 (iFirst) To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2010.500521 ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""